Slingshot magazine



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SLINGSHO'I MAGAZINE Filed. Dec. 12, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet l IN VENTOR. fiwsey'Z'fla W's ATTCI RN EYS Sept. 27, 1949. D. T. DAVIS SLINGSHOT MAGAZINE Filed Dec. 12, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. flarsey 717a W's Patented Sept. 27, i949 UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE'- SLINGSHOT MAGAZINE v Dorsey T. Davis, Roanoke, Va.

Application December 12, 1945, Serial No..634,437 1 Claim. (01. 124-50 This invention relates to sling shots or, as frequently referred to, catapults which are employed by juveniles to discharge marbles, stones or other missiles.

One object of this invention is to provide a device of this character which will be hollow, thus forming a magazine to contain the missiles and mechanism positioned in a housing secured to the handle portion thereof that can be operated to remove the missiles therefrom as desired.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character that is simple, economical to manufacture and easily operated to supply the missiles from the magazine.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which will incorporate the housing for the actuating mechanism therefor on the handle.

With the above and other objects and advantages in vieW, the invention consists of the novel details of construction, arrangement and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an embodiment of the device;

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional View on the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view thereof;

Figure 4 is a top view partly in section thereof;

Figure 5 is a detailed fragmentary view of the discharge mechanism in position to have the body or magazine filled;

Figure 6 is the same with the body or magazine filled and ready for discharging the missiles;

Figure '7 is the same with the mechanism in operation to discharge a missile from the magamm;

Figure 8 is a transverse sectional view on the line 88 of Figure 6, and

Figure 9 is a perspective view of the tripper.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, the reference numeral [0 designates the substantially Y-shaped body of the device which is hollow and of sheet metal or plastic construction. The upper end portion 12 of the body is fashioned to provide fork arms Hi, the ends of which are shaped to form the oval neck portions I6 and the head portions i8, which are so formed to receive and retain the ends 26 of the rubber bands 22 thereon. The ends 20 are looped around the neck portions as shown in Figure 4 and secured to the bands 22 in any well-known manner. The shape of the neck portions prevents the bands 22 from turning and becoming twisted.

The ends 24 of the bands 22 are looped through apertures 26 in the leather missile holder 28 and are secured to the bands 22 as are the ends 20.

The lower portion or stem 30 of the body [0 forms the handle portion to which the trigger housing 32 is secured.

The handle portion is provided with elongated ear portions 34 to receive internally thereof the bevelled marginal edge 36 of the housing 32, and the male element 38 of the snap fastener which is received inthe female opening 46 in the upper end of the housing 32. Adjacent the lower edge of the handle portion 36, there are provided diametrically opposed slots 42, the use of which will be later explained.

Oppositely positioned from the slots 42 and communicating with the housing 32 is a slot 44 having a curved lug 46 formed at the base thereof to receive the transverse pin 48 which is secured to the side walls of the housing interior-1y thereof and serves to retain the bottom of the housing in fixed relation with the handle portion 36.

The lower edge of the housing 32 is formed to provide half of a lug 50 which is connected to the hinge portion 52 of the trigger lever or closure 54 by pintle 56.

When the balls 56 are desired to be removed from the body I0 which being hollow forms a magazine therefor, the holder 28 is taken between the thumb and finger to enable grasping of the lower ball through the slots 42. The ball is pulled downward to press the trigger lever 54 downward to permit the exit of the ball which is being withdrawn. The lowering of the lever 54 actuates the trigger bar or beam 60 which is pivoted to the trigger lever 54 by means of the apertured ear 62 and the upper end of the bar 66 is received in the apertured guide Way 66 formed on the interior of the housing 32. A spring 68 secured to the bar 66 and to the housing 32 by a pin 10 returns the trigger lever 54 to closed position.

Pivotally mounted on the shaft 12 fixed in bosses 13 formed on the interior of the housing 32 is the tripper 14 which is approximately U-shaped in formation, and has the V-shaped marginal inner flanges l6 formed on the bifurcated ends '18 and the diametrically opposed apertures for freely mounting the tripper 14 on the shaft 12. The bar 613 is received in the bifurcated ends 18 of the tripper l4 and a pin 82 fixed in the bar 66 transversely thereof contacts the flanges 16 upon movement of the bar 60 and forces the tripper 14 downwardly, as shown in Figure 7. This action causes the lever 84 which is pivotally mounted on the shaft 12 to move forward, forcing the rubber finger 86 secured thereto by prongs 88 to contact the next lowest ball and retain it in position until the lowest ball has been withdrawn as previously described. A coil spring 90 mounted on the shaft 12 retains the tripper 14 and the lever 84 in proper position normally at right angles to each other as shown in Figures and 6.

When the bar 60 is pulled downward by the withdrawal of the lowest ball, the finger 85 is pressed against the next ball and the pressure of this finger on the ball is increased as the tripper I4 is forced downward by the pin 82 on the bar 60 until the trigger lever 54 is at its extreme posi tion. When the trigger lever is returned to full closed position, the tripper 14 will be released and will be returned to its normal position by action of the spring 92 secured at one end to the tripper M and at the other end to the housing 32 by a pin 94, and the upward movement of the tripper H! is limited by contact with the pin 96 secured to the housing 32.

When the mechanism assumes the position shown in Figure 5, the pin 82 slides over the point of the V-shaped flanges 16 so that the trigger lever 54 can be lowered to-filling position for the magazine.

It is believed that the operation of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art and that a device has been provided that will accomplish the objects of the invention.

It is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to the specific details of construction and the particular arrangement or combination of parts herein illustrated and described, since changes in the details of construction, arrangement and combination of parts maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

In a Y-shape shot storage magazine, the cornbination which comprises a tubular housing having a stem with separated upwardly extended arcuate hollow tubular arms, said stem having a lower end with openings therethrough, an auxiliary trigger housing removably mounted on one side of the said stem, a closure hinged to the end of the said trigger housing and extended across said lower end of the stem for retaining shot in the magazine, a trigger bar pivotally attached to said closure and extended upwardly into said trigger housing, a spring resiliently urging the said trigger bar upwardly in the housing whereby the closure is held in a position closing the magazine, a finger pivotally mounted in the trigger housing and extended through an opening in said sternoi the magazine a pivotally mounted tripper connected to the finger and having operative engagemeht with the trigger bar, said tripper being REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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